Allergy and Immunology News of the Day

Health News of the Day is a daily summary made from the selected links I post on Twitter. It is in a bullet points format with links to the original sources which include 350 RSS feeds (not all of them medical) that produce about 2,500 items per day.

  • Household Cleaning Aggravates Respiratory Symptoms in Women With Asthma http://tinyurl.com/dbw4az

  • "Peanut allergy assault: smearing the car door handle with peanut oil" http://tinyurl.com/d53vjh

  • Ocular olopatadine does not suppress wheal and flare during allergy skin prick testing http://tinyurl.com/cmcgn3

  • Diagnosis of bacterial sinusitis (>90%) using a test of nasal secretions (4 = protein, pH, leuk esterase, nitrite) http://tinyurl.com/aqe6vy

  • Comparison of olopatadine eye drops to nasal steroid (INS) for allergic conjunctivitis : olopatidine was better http://tinyurl.com/atdmlp

  • Compare AR nasal sprays: olopatadine to azelastine - aftertaste, patient preference, likelihood of use better with olop. http://bit.ly/tFtn

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